- 12 Mar 2016 19:14
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I want to test myself and see if I am able to quanitfy and process information. Do I really understand world history? Do I really understand anything? The following will be my narrative of the events that led to WWII. Please critique it to your heart's content.
1920s - Germany is in a terrible state. The centrist governments have failed to provide a stable and viable path for the German people. Corruption is rampant and inflation is out of control. Unemployment is massive and people are suffering. The country has lost territory and was humiliatd by the West after the end of WWI. Misery prevails everywhere except among a few wealthy pockets. The terrible conditions and failure of democratic politics provides a vacuum for political extremists of both the left and right.
1930s - In 1933 the Nazis find their way into power through collusion, violence and election manipulation. They have significant support among the population but it is not total. As far right nationalists they begin to enact their plan to make Germany into a strong power and the leader of Europe. They want to avenge the humiliation of WWI, regain the lost territories and improve the living standards of the German people. In violation of the Treaty of Versailles they begin to restore the armed forces. Throughout this decade the West are terrified of the new Germany and do not know how to respond to it. Most want to avoid another war but fear it may be inevitable. Meanwhile the Italians and Japanese begin to expand their empires with the invasions of Ethiopia and Manchuria. Mutual isolation from the democratic and liberal powers of the West causes Japan, Germany and Italy to close ranks.
A series of annexations by Germany throughout the 1930s raises tensions to extreme levels. First Austira, then Czechoslovakia and finally Poland. In 1939 with the invasion of Poland the West cannot turn its head away from Germany any longer leading France and the UK to declare war.
1920s - Germany is in a terrible state. The centrist governments have failed to provide a stable and viable path for the German people. Corruption is rampant and inflation is out of control. Unemployment is massive and people are suffering. The country has lost territory and was humiliatd by the West after the end of WWI. Misery prevails everywhere except among a few wealthy pockets. The terrible conditions and failure of democratic politics provides a vacuum for political extremists of both the left and right.
1930s - In 1933 the Nazis find their way into power through collusion, violence and election manipulation. They have significant support among the population but it is not total. As far right nationalists they begin to enact their plan to make Germany into a strong power and the leader of Europe. They want to avenge the humiliation of WWI, regain the lost territories and improve the living standards of the German people. In violation of the Treaty of Versailles they begin to restore the armed forces. Throughout this decade the West are terrified of the new Germany and do not know how to respond to it. Most want to avoid another war but fear it may be inevitable. Meanwhile the Italians and Japanese begin to expand their empires with the invasions of Ethiopia and Manchuria. Mutual isolation from the democratic and liberal powers of the West causes Japan, Germany and Italy to close ranks.
A series of annexations by Germany throughout the 1930s raises tensions to extreme levels. First Austira, then Czechoslovakia and finally Poland. In 1939 with the invasion of Poland the West cannot turn its head away from Germany any longer leading France and the UK to declare war.